Redefining American Wine // Warming temperatures could make 70% of the world's wine-growing regions unsuitable to produce grapes

In praise of equal-opportunity wine consideration, a look at the brands and distributors daring to embrace all-American wine beyond the expected.

Up to 70% of current wine-producing regions could face a substantial risk of losing the suitability for wine-growing if global temperatures increase beyond 2 degrees Celsius since the Industrial Revolution, a review of more than 200 studies published Tuesday in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment found.

Despite all the current headwinds in the wine industry, the Central Coast and Paso Robles wine regions of California continue to be a hotbed of opportunity and innovation. 

The US wine market is facing up to continued challenges in 2024 and beyond, due to a shrinking consumer base, volume declines at lower price points and the levelling off of sparkling wine gains.

In 2013, Phil Hurst took his two Sonoma County wineries public and quickly realized it was a mistake. Eleven years later, he bought them back.

Winemakers need to understand the full extent of climate change impacts on the industry, including how changes in temperature and humidity may affect the microbes that ferment grapes.

Chateau Ste. Michelle’s (CSM) 40% grape contract reduction announcement last August sucker-punched Washington state’s wine industry.

During the last few years, new brands have rushed onto the scene, including from acclaimed California wineries. They aim to capture a discerning wine consumer who may be persuaded to buy bag-in-box because of its lower carbon footprint compared with glass bottles.

In an ugly landscape for wine, there's one ray of light in the distance.

It could cost you Billions to just a mere few thousand.

Six leading female Italian wine professionals will gather for a special tasting event as Vinitaly celebrates Iconic Women in Bolgheri.

Michael Coode, general manager and head winemaker at Rutherford Hill in the Napa Valley, is fast making his case for being included in such company after a career that has seen him work across the world at such leading estates as Chateau Margaux, Paul Jaboulet Ainé, Inglenook, Inniskillin and Wolf Blass.

The Wine Society has launched a new climate and nature programme which will encourage its suppliers and producer partners to adopt regenerative farming practices by awarding grants to individual projects.

O-I will join a global collaborative platform to advance sustainability across the wine industry as member of the Sustainable Wine Roundtable (SWR).  

The sight of tractors on the streets of European capitals has continued this week with protests both in Brussels and in London.

Farmers and ranchers gathered at the state Capitol in Sacramento last week to advocate on policies impacting agriculture, from groundwater management to wildfires to technology.

“My goal was to offer classes in Spanish so vineyard workers could better understand the end product of what they’re working with,” said Odyssey Wine Academy founder Julie Rothberg

A new Fresno State wine business degree will help prepare students for an array of jobs in the ever-growing and renowned California wine industry, which employed 36,000 people in 2020.